Cunigunde of Luxembourg

Cunigunde of Luxembourg (975-3 March 1040) was an Empress of the Holy Roman Empire from 1014 to 1024 with Henry II of Germany. Along with her husband, she was canonized; she is the patroness of Luxembourg and Lithuania.

Biography
Cunigunde of Luxembourg was born in 975, one of eleven children born to Siegfried I of Luxembourg and Hedwig of Nordgau. She married King Henry II of Germany in 999 in a "white marriage", marrying only for companionship; they never consummated their marriage. She took part in governing the Holy Roman Empire and in giving lands to the Catholic Church, and she died in 1040 at Kaufungen Abbey in Hesse.